Cosplay contest winners promote Korean artifacts on Music Bank stage

Three winning teams from the National Museum of Korea Cosplay Contest appeared on the Music Bank stage to promote Korean history to a global audience broadcast in 155 countries. The winners, including Grand Prize winner Jeon Eun-seul, dressed as artifacts such as a carp-shaped water dropper and Paljuryeong bronze bells to encourage fans to embrace K-artifacts.

Winners of the 'National Museum of Korea Cosplay Contest,' a festival that creatively reinterprets artifacts from the National Museum of Korea, visited the live broadcast stage of Music Bank to deliver special greetings. According to a video released by KBS WORLD TV, three teams selected as this year's winners drew attention by appearing in costumes modeled after artifacts from the National Museum of Korea.

From Danjong and Queen Jeongsun to Bronze Bells, winners reborn as artifacts

The Music Bank site featured the Grand Prize winner Jeon Eun-seul, along with the Excellence Award winners 'Crawl Crawl' and 'Muyeonmu.' The 'Crawl Crawl' team, which has an average age of 37, dressed as the couple Danjong and Queen Jeongsun, expressing their hope that K-POP fans worldwide would visit Korean history and the National Museum of Korea. The 'Muyeonmu' team performed a humorous "debut" after 3,000 years, dressed as 'Bronze Bells' inspired by the Paljuryeong bronze bells. Grand Prize winner Jeon Eun-seul appeared in a costume recreating a carp-shaped water dropper, remarking that her heart felt as if it were leaping like a carp on the Music Bank stage.

"Please love K-artifacts too"... a message to global fans

The winners focused on promoting the value of artifacts while sharing their thoughts on the Music Bank stage, which is broadcast live to 155 countries. Jeon Eun-seul, the Grand Prize winner, revealed she is a regular K-POP fan and expressed her excitement at being able to see the stage of NINE PON. The Muyeonmu team explained that the Paljuryeong bronze bells carry meanings of praying for abundance and well-being, leaving a message that since global K-POP fans have met the bronze bells, they hope peace will spread throughout the world. They added a request to love the K-artifacts of Korean ancestors as much as K-POP.

The Excellence Award-winning team Crawl Crawl also delivered a message toward Danjong. They expressed a wish for Danjong to take off his stifling Cheongnyongpo robe and roam the whole world freely, while also asking for support so that K-POP can reach every corner of the globe. Finally, the three teams struck confident poses reflecting their respective characters to encourage interest in the National Museum of Korea Cosplay Contest.

Source: KBS WORLD TV (YouTube)